The present compilation, as its title indicates, seeks to present the manifestation, in practical terms, of the vision of a resurgent and reorganised national life that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has in view. The compilation is intended to indicate the complementarily which exists between the philosophical doctrines of the Sangh and their application in real life.

The publication of the present book on the last Vijayadashami—which also marked the beginning of the countrywide celebrations of the birth centenary of Dr. Hedgewar, the founder of RSS—indeed proved to be a blessing in more than one respect.

The Spirit of freedom Dr. Hedgewar had embodied in himself and had infused in the Swayamsevaks has continued to blaze radiantly. Several have been the occasions when this quality has come to the fore-both when the British were ruling and after they left.

The Alert and organised manner in which the Swayamsevaks have responded to the challenges of external aggression has been equally in evidence in dealing with internal threats to the nation's integrity. Such threats have begun to loom large especially in regions where the Hindus are in a minority.

Efforts Aimed At reducing the Hindu population through proselytisation by Muslim and Christian agencies have remained, even after the British left, a source of grave threat to our national security and integrity. However, the growing awareness of this threat over the years, has put the Hindus on the alert.

The Mammoth Hindu Conferences that have been going on from the deep South in Nagercoil up to Amritsar and Jammu in the North and from Bombay in the West up to Patna and Guwahati in the East due to the efforts of Swayamsevaks and other devoted Hindu workers have signalled that the present Hindu upsurge is not a fleeting wave nor limited to any particular region.

The Political stranglehold of the British came to an end in 1947, but not the divisive theories they had set afloat amongst our people. In line with their divide-and-rule policy, the natural diversities of regions, languages, sects and cultural traits in the Hindu society were sought to be projected as points of discord and dissension.

The Unifying Hindu appeal generated by the Sangh which, as we have seen, is acting as a powerful antidote to the disintegrating pulls exercised by separatist, foreign-inspired theories is proving equally efficacious in overcoming social disparities and conflicts born out of casteism, untouchability and sectarianism.

In The Sangh scheme of regeneration and consolidation of Hindu society, cultivating character and moral values is given a pride of place. Without this ennobling aspect of samskara, the other arenas of transformation like social harmony, social justice and improvement in living conditions are bound to remain unwholesome and often bereft of real benefit.